80k is for neuro-preservation, full body is 150k. Neither of them counts as “cheap” by any definition of “cheap”. It’s also at least an order of magnitude more expensive than what Eliezer keeps talking about ($300/year).
This reference says it’s much more if you include all costs:
The Cryonics Institute charges $28,000 for perfusion and storage of an Lifetime Member and $35,000 for a Yearly Member. [...] For service more comparable to what Alcor provides — including Standby and Transport — a Lifetime Member pays $88,000 and a Yearly Member pays $95,000. For details on CI pricing see Membership and Details Concerning SA Standby and Transport for CI Members.
Neither of them counts as “cheap” by any definition of “cheap”.
Dollars per expected day of life extension. Applying the same definition to other health investments makes cryonics the ‘cheap’ option. I agree that this is probably not the definition used by some advocates.
It’s also at least an order of magnitude more expensive than what Eliezer keeps talking about ($300/year).
The $300/year is supposed to be the insurance rate for a $100k policy, but I agree—that is not cheap. I am likely to make enough money to afford it if I stay on my current career plan (mechanical engineering), but it’s not a negligible sum.
80k is for neuro-preservation, full body is 150k. Neither of them counts as “cheap” by any definition of “cheap”. It’s also at least an order of magnitude more expensive than what Eliezer keeps talking about ($300/year).
CI is $50K for whole-body.
This reference says it’s much more if you include all costs:
28,000 means enough vitrification solution for neuro
I thought their current website said $30K, if you don’t contract for standby services?
That’s not including the cost of transportation to CI.
Oh.
Dollars per expected day of life extension. Applying the same definition to other health investments makes cryonics the ‘cheap’ option. I agree that this is probably not the definition used by some advocates.
Yes. (Well, if you use binary or base 4.)
The $300/year is supposed to be the insurance rate for a $100k policy, but I agree—that is not cheap. I am likely to make enough money to afford it if I stay on my current career plan (mechanical engineering), but it’s not a negligible sum.